2Kings:14:1-20

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* In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu , the son of Joash the king of Judah , king . * Twenty and five years was he old when he became king , and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem . And his mother ’s name was Yeho ’addan of Jerusalem . * And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord , yet not like David his father : in accordance with all that Joash his father had done , did he . * Nevertheless the high –places were not removed : as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high –places . * And it came to pass , when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand , that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father . * But the children of the murderers he put not to death : as it is written in the book of the law of Moses , that the Lord commanded , saying , The fathers shall not be put to death for the children , nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin . * He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men , and seized Sela ’ in the war , and called its name Yoktheel until this day . * Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash , the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu , the king of Israel , saying , Come , let us look one another in the face . * And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah , saying , The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon , saying , Give thy daughter to my son for wife . And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon , and trod down the thornbush . * Thou hast indeed smitten Edom , and thy heart hath lifted thee up : keep thy glory and stay in thy house ; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune , that thou mayest fall , thou , and Judah with thee ? * But Amazyahu would not hear . Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up ; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth –shemesh , which belongeth to Judah . * And Judah was defeated before Israel ; and they fled every man to his tents . * And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah , the son of Jehoash , the son of Achazyahu , at Beth –shemesh ; and he came to Jerusalem , and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner –gate , four hundred cubits . * And he took all the gold and the silver , and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord , and in the treasures of the king ’s house , and the children of the chiefs as hostages , and returned to Samaria . * Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did , and his mighty deeds , and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel . * And Jehoash slept with his fathers , and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel : and Jerobo ’am his son became king in his stead . * And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash , the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel , fifteen years . * And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu , behold , they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah . * Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem : wherefore he fled to Lachish ; but they sent after him to Lachish , and slew him there . * And they brought him on horses : and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David .

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